The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-28
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The following colleges on Dec. last reported
over 1900 students: Harvard, 1890; Columbia,
! 4S9: University of Michigan, 1,475; Oberlin,
| 1902 Yale, 1884; Northw estern, LOO; Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, 1869.
| The origin of geomcty is ascribed to the
Egyptians, who having their landmarks an
nuaGy washed away by inundation, in efforts, to
| devise a plan for readily restoring them dis
covered the principles of geometry. :.
SIX WIDOWS live on six adjoining farms in the
| town of Vcnango. Pa, and what is more re-
| markabe. they are all Hendersons, being the
| widows Of the late Henderson brothers, Thomas,
| Samuel, Andrew, Stewart, William and Alex
| ander.
| THEY have a gas well near Grand Rapids,
! Mich 1t hos produced no gas thus far, but as
that is what the drillers are after the well is SO
| known At 1890 feet IA bed of natural
asphaltum'' was passed through. Its thickness
| is not stated
An odd effect of the interstate commerce law
| Is the resurrection of various dead towns along
| the Mississippi river. The old steamboat
wharyes are being propped up ready for bust
ness and the yaWning inhabitants are rubbing
their eyes and wandering IL the days of railroad
! traffic since the war have only been horrible
| nightmare.
THE Hiram Lodge Of Masons, at New Haven,
| still continues to defy the Grand Lodge OF the
| State and goes on comforting degrees. Many
other lodges In Connecticut nave Signlf1eQ tEelf
desire, it is stated, to unite with the Hiram
Lodge to form a new Grand Lodge, to be known
as the New England Grand Lodge. Any mem
Der declaring allegiance to the Grand Lodge
will be suspended.
THE Siamese believe that the human body is
composed of four elements-fire, earth, wind
and water They divide the body into thirty
two parts, and teach that it is subject to ninety
| six diseases. caused by the disturbance of the
| elements which enter into its composition.
| Fevers are traced to an undue proportion Of
fire. The wind Is the fertile source of ailments.
| II you esk q native what is wrong with him the
chances are ten to one he will reply: wind"
THE poem IF 1 Should Die Tonight" has
been ascrihed to Miss Susan Woolsey, Henry
| Ward Beccher and III. H" and others, but
| without foundation. The Boston Transcript
| says: THE namc of r. K. Crosby is attached
to one copy we have seen. This may possibly
| refer to Miss Fannie Crosby, of New York, a
| blind lady, who is the author of several hymns
| and religious poems, which are to be found in
selections OF church and Sunday school music. "
PROMPTED, no doubt by the exaggerated ac-
| counts of Harvard's extravaganza Prof George
H. Palmer, of Cambridge, has been inquiring
| what it costs Harvard students TO live Most of
| the members of the senior class have answered
| his questions and he reports: st is evident
| that the style of living here is much simpler
| than it is popularity supposed. One-third of
| those who have written me spend under 500 a
year, one-half under 81 600. three-fourths under
$1,000.
| Mrs. SETH MONROE, of Kent, Conn, was feed
| ing the chickens the other morning when o
| sudden squawk of anguish behind her caused
| her to turn in time to see fox making off with
| a big hen that it had just seized. Mrs. Monroe
| is an active woman, and she had that fox by the
| tail before it could get through the fence. She
| chung to the fox, and he chung to the hen, and
| there was great screaming and cackling in the
| barn yard until the two house dogs came, and
| that was the last of Mr.. Fox.
For many years the late ex-President Arthur
and Hugh ]. Hastinge were chums, they always
addressing one another as ''Chet'' and Hugh
| After Mr.. Arthur became President, Mr.. Hast
ings called on him one day in Washington and
| the formality of Mr.. President" and Mr.
| Hastings was so irksome to the latter that
after a very few moments he said: Il guess
| I've had enough of this and will 60" Mr. Ar
| thur, with his old genial manner to this
responded with, Come, Hugh, let's take a
| drink
! A WHILE AGO it was decided that Bishop Tay-
lor needed a station at the mouth of the Congo
as storehouse for goods intended for his mis-
sion settlements upthe river Mr. Judson was
| sent to banana to buy suitable land for build
| ing He has just reported that real estate at
the mouth of the Congo is held at prices as high
as good many lots in New York city. He says
| Bishop Taylors enterprise has not money
| enough to buy land at Banana and he advises
that the storehouse be built at Kabinda thirty
| five miles north of tine Congo's mouth
THE British subjects in the vicinity of Boston
will send Ito Queen Victoris) for June 81 a con-
gratulatory address in which will be Joined
Englishmen, Scotchmen, Welshmen and a few
| rather unenthGsiastic Irishmen. The address is
| interesting chiefly for the shape in which It is
| being put on paper by L. S. Ipsen, who has de-
signed for it a border into which he has cum
| ningly and artistically twined the rose the
| shamrock, the thistle and - triumph of the
| artist cleverness,-the leek. The arms of the
| United States, of England, of Massachusetts.
with the st. George and St. Andrews crosses,
| not to mention sundry and divers other devices
are also included in what will be really beauti.
| full piece of work when completed.
GEN. GEORGE A. SHERIDAN relates this story
which he picked up in New Orleans A delega-
ton OF citizens of that place visited President
| Lincoln to beg him to remove Gen. Butler from
command there. The President listened while
they presented their thousand and one grievances
ana then said: Wen, gentlemen, much as you
dislike Gen. Butler, at least he has done one good
| thing for you, for by his wise sanitary regJIla-
tons he has kept the yellow fever out One Of
the delegates, Creole, skipped before the
| President and replied excitedly: Pardon
| Mistah President, pardon; twas not Butler vat
| keep re fevaire away from re city; It was God
| He still have leetle mercy for our poor people
| He do not send Ben Butler and re yellow fevaire
| re same season; no sare'' The President
laughed heartily.
| JOHN p. HALE was q most incorrieible wae
and he delighted in making Senator Foote, of
| Mississippi, who in an unguarded moment had
| threatened to hang him as an abolitionist a
| butt for his jokes One day, after visit to New
| York Senator Foote came smilingly in and took
his seat at his desk, rather astonishing the other
| Senators, as his previously bald pate was Gov
! cred by o fine, curly, black wig. Up rose Mr.
| Hale, and demanded a special committee to ex-
| anime the credentials ''of the youthful upstart
| who had assumed Senator Foote s likeness and
| chair" Senator Foote rose up and bowling
| politely, convused the Senate by quickly remov.
| ing the wig and hanging it on his umbrella with
| the observation: with this motion on nv part
which is quite in order, despite my illustrious
| colleagues the committee is not necessary -
| There was round of applause.
THE death is announced at Leghorn OF Nine
Sara de Rossi, nee Israeli Tadeschi Her mother
according to the Jetoish World, was Rachel
D'Israeli, and elder child of Benjamin DIsraen
| grandfather of Lord Beaoonsfield. BENJAMIN
| D1sraeli was twice married, and his daughter
| Rachel was the offspring of the first marriage
| The first Mrs. Benjamin DIsroeli was Rebecca
| Fmtado, who was born in Portugal and, to-
| gether with her mother, had to fee from the
clutches of the Inguisition. Her grave and that
of her mother are still to be in the cemetery
| in Miloend, with the story of the escape in
| scftbed on the tombstones. Lord Beacons1ald's
| father was the offspring of the second marriage
| II is curious to observe that the great EarI In
| his introduction TO his fathers collected works